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Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

A story like mine has never been told.

2005•2h 26m•7.6/10
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7.6/10(3K)

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

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Production

Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Red Wagon Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi

Sayuri

Gong Li

Gong Li

Hatsumomo

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh

Mameha

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Chairman

Suzuka Ohgo

Suzuka Ohgo

Chiyo

Kaori Momoi

Kaori Momoi

Mother

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Nobu

Youki Kudoh

Youki Kudoh

Pumpkin

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa

Tanaka

Mako

Mako

Sakamoto

Samantha Futerman

Samantha Futerman

Satsu

Elizabeth Sung

Elizabeth Sung

Sakamoto's Wife

Thomas Ikeda

Mr. Bekku

Tsai Chin

Tsai Chin

Auntie

Zoe Weizenbaum

Zoe Weizenbaum

Young Pumpkin

David Okihiro

Shamisen Teacher

Miyako Tachibana

Miyako Tachibana

Dance Teacher

Kotoko Kawamura

Granny

Karl Yune

Karl Yune

Koichi

Eugenia Yuan

Eugenia Yuan

Korin

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